# SignatureException

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)

# SignatureException

```
open class SignatureException : GeneralSecurityException
```

|---|---|---|---|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html)                                                |||||
| ↳ | [kotlin.Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)                                 ||||
|   | ↳ | [java.lang.Exception](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Exception.html#)                            |||
|   |   | ↳ | [java.security.GeneralSecurityException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/GeneralSecurityException) ||
|   |   |   | ↳ | [java.security.SignatureException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/SignatureException#) |

This is the generic Signature exception.

## Summary

|                                                                                                                                                                                                              Public constructors                                                                                                                                                                                                               ||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---|
| [SignatureException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/SignatureException#SignatureException())`()` Constructs a SignatureException with no detail message.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [SignatureException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/SignatureException#SignatureException(kotlin.String))`(`msg:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`)` Constructs a SignatureException with the specified detail message.                                                                                                                                    |
| [SignatureException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/SignatureException#SignatureException(kotlin.String,%20kotlin.Throwable))`(`message:` `[String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!`, `cause:` `[Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)!`)` Creates a`SignatureException`with the specified detail message and cause. |
| [SignatureException](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/security/SignatureException#SignatureException(kotlin.Throwable))`(`cause:` `[Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)!`)` Creates a`SignatureException`with the specified cause and a detail message of`(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())`(which typically contains the class and detail message of`cause`).   |

## Public constructors

### SignatureException

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
SignatureException()
```

Constructs a SignatureException with no detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.  

### SignatureException

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
SignatureException(msg: String!)
```

Constructs a SignatureException with the specified detail message. A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.

|                                                  Parameters                                                  ||
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `msg` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:the detail message. |

### SignatureException

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
SignatureException(
    message: String!, 
    cause: Throwable!)
```

Creates a`SignatureException`with the specified detail message and cause.

|                                                                                                                                                                      Parameters                                                                                                                                                                      ||
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `message` | [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)!:the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval by the[getMessage()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Throwable.html#getMessage())method).                                                                               |
| `cause`   | [Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)!:the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the[getCause()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause())method). (A`null`value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.) |

### SignatureException

Added in[API level 1](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)  

```
SignatureException(cause: Throwable!)
```

Creates a`SignatureException`with the specified cause and a detail message of`(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())`(which typically contains the class and detail message of`cause`).

|                                                                                                                                                                     Parameters                                                                                                                                                                     ||
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `cause` | [Throwable](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-throwable/index.html)!:the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the[getCause()](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/java/lang/Throwable.html#getCause())method). (A`null`value is permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.) |